To comprehensively understand the processes involved in social issues such as corruption, a behavior science has to rely on rigorous experimentation, interdisciplinary dialogue, and the use of diverse units of analysis. The present article proposes a behavioral analysis of corruption, highlighting how different units of analysis (operant behavior, culturobehavioral lineage, culturant, and macrobehavior) account for different facets of this social phenomenon. We propose that corrupt behavior involves relations in which there is a conflict between consequences for the individual and effects for the group—a concept similar to that of an ethical self-controlled response. This response can occur independently or in coordination with responses by other individuals. In addition, verbal control, as well as social reinforcement and punishment, plays an important role in the maintenance and transmission of this behavioral pattern. After presenting examples of how the theme has been experimentally studied in recent years, we conclude by suggesting that experimental studies on ethical self-control may fruitfully contribute to a behavioral analysis of corruption in its multiple dimensions.

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腐败实验的分析单位：操作者，文化行为血统，培养者和宏观行为。

为了全面了解腐败等社会问题所涉及的过程，行为科学必须依靠严格的实验，跨学科的对话以及各种分析单元的使用。本文提出了对腐败的行为分析，重点介绍了不同的分析单位（经营者行为，文化行为血统，文化和宏观行为）如何解释了这种社会现象的不同方面。我们建议，腐败行为涉及一种关系，在这种关系中，对个人的后果与对小组的后果之间存在冲突-这一概念类似于道德上自我控制的反应。该响应可以独立发生，也可以与其他人的响应协同发生。此外，言语控制以及社会加强和惩罚，在维持和传播这种行为模式中起着重要作用。在介绍了近年来如何对该主题进行实验研究的示例之后，我们通过提出结论来表明，关于道德自我控制的实验研究可能会有益地促进对腐败行为的多维分析。